Roost



Aug. 2, 1932. 5 KOLSTAD 1,810,125

ROOS'I' Filed Oct. 26, 1929 Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITED PATENT BOOST Application filed October 26, 1929. Serial No. 402,706.

This invention relates to a roost for chickens, one of the objects being to provide a knockdown structure of this character utilizing a plurality of separable troughs each of which is provided with a perch, means being provided for holding the perch sections assembled in pairs and supporting the troughs.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which will permit any one of the troughs to be removed at will for the purpose of cleaning it, it being possible not only to remove the trough but also to replace it Without disturbing the remaining troughs. A further object is to provide perches having interposed between their sections a means whereby an insecticide may be supplied to the upper surfaces of the perches.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing,

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through a roost embodying the present improvement.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken oil the line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a portion of the roost.

Figure 4c is a section through a portion of the structure taken on the line 44, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates parallel strips, prefer ably of wood and secured to the sides of these 45 strips at any suitable points are brackets 2 providing sockets for the reception of the upper ends of downwardly diverging legs 3.

These legs can be removed readily by pulling them out of the sockets and, if desired.

59 longer or shorter legs can be substituted so as to support the strips 1 at any desired height.

Secured on each of the strips 1 are perch supports of novel construction. Each of these supports is formed preferably of a single length of metal bent to provide feet 4, spaced standards 5, and a saddle 6 between the upper portions of the standards. The metal strip is folded to provide tongues 7 at the sides of each saddle, each of these tongues constituting a continuation of one of the standards 5. A series of these supports is provided on each strip 1 and the end supports of each series can, if desired, have their outer standards 8 extended downwardly across the adjacent ends of strips 1 and thence inwardly under the strips to which they are attached as shown at 9.

Each perch consists of two parallel strips 10 preferably of wood the upper faces of which can be rounded as shown. To one strip or section of each perch is attached a thickness of fabric or other suitable absorbent indicated at 11, this absorbent strip being adapted to be gripped between the sections of the perch when they are assembled in proper relation to each other.

The sections of each perch, when assembled, are adapted to rest in the saddles provided therefor, the tongues 7 serving to hold the sections pressed toward each other. Each perch section is fastened at the bottom to one longitudinal edge portion 12 of a shallow metal trough 13 and each trough bridges the space between two perches. Thus the saddles serve not only to hold the perch sections together but also to support the troughs.

The absorbent strips 11 are used for re taining an insecticide and supplying it to 9 the upper surfaces of the perches. Any one of the troughs can be removed readily for the purpose of cleaning simply by lifting from the adjacent saddles those perch sections attached to the trough. In order to hold the troughs and perch sections against longitudinal displacement, slots are formed in each trough adjacent to its sides, as indicated at 14 and these slots are adapted to receive the tongues 7 as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 3.

It is to be understood that the device can be made of any size desired simply by providing longer or shorter strips 1 and increasing or reducing the number of supports and parts to be mounted thereon.

Vhat is claimed is: 1. The combination with a supporting 10 structure, of standards secured to the structure and arranged in pairs, a saddle between and integral with the standards constituting each pair, parallel perch sections seated on said saddles and held together by the sides of the saddles, and parallel troughs at opposite sides of and attached to the respective perch sections, said sections constituting supports for those sides of the troughs attached thereto.

2. The combination with a supporting structure, of standards secured to the structure and arranged in pairs, a saddle between and integral with the standards constituting each pair, parallel perch sections seated on said saddles and held together by the sides of the saddles, and parallel troughs at opposite sides of and attached to the respective perch sections, said sections constituting supports for those sides of the troughs attached thereto, the upper ends of the standards and the sides of the saddles cooperating to form upstanding tongues, there being slots in the troughs through which the tongues are extended.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

GILBERT S. KOLSTAD. 

